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Columbiana will have new route for Christmas Parade

COLUMBIANA — The city is trying out a new route for the Christmas Parade this year. The parade, scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 20, will now begin on Railroad Street across from the planned new City Hall location. Zach King, director of the Columbiana Area Chamber of Commerce, shared the plans with City Council in August. King said the decision was made following conversations with Police Chief Mark Edwards and last year’s parade volunteers. “The shutting down the roads was a bit difficult. We outgrew that location,” he explained of the former route, which began at Joshua Dixon ...

Kent State East Liverpool to host Community Remembrance event

EAST LIVERPOOL — The Kent State University East Liverpool Campus will be hosting a Community Remembrance Event at the campus located at 400 E. Fourth St. on Sept. 10 from 4 to 7 p.m. to recognize the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and honor local first responders. Academics Vice Dean Sarah ...

New dates set in involuntary manslaughter case

LISBON — Upcoming court dates were set Friday in the case against Seth T. Hildebrand, who is accused of causing the death of a 2-year-old child in December 2024. Dates were set for an interim status conference hearing at 10 a.m. on Jan. 15, a final status conference hearing at 9 a.m. on March 2, and a jury trial at 9 a.m. on April 6 during a brief pretrial hearing Friday. Hildebrand, 21, Birch Road, East Liverpool, who was in attendance Friday, has been out of jail on a $200,000 cash or surety bond. In July, Hildebrand entered a not guilty plea to charges of first-degree felony ...

City lake to close after Labor Day

SALEM — The parks department will cut the season short at the Salem City Lake this year. During the parks commission’s August meeting, Parks Director Kelli Pastore told the commissioners that the department was once again operating at a loss for the year at the city lake and asked when they wanted to close the lake this year. Pastore said that while the department had expected a bump in activity at the lake this year due to Guilford Lake temporarily closing for dam work during the summer, the department had sold roughly the same number of day and season passes as last season, ...

Participants still sought for East Palestine health study

EAST PALESTINE — Participants are still being sought for a health study conducted by the University of Kentucky. Erin Haynes, who serves as Principal Investigator of the East Palestine Train Derailment Health Research Program, visited Village Council in recent weeks to go over the program. Led by the University of Kentucky with partners at the University of Pittsburgh and Yale University the study exists to answer the health and water questions the community has been asking since February 2023, the team said. The study is built to follow participants over time to determine the ...